Differentiate between undernutrition and malnutrition - Vidyadip

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Differentiate between undernutrition and malnutrition

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undernutrition	Malnutrition
It is a condition of nutrition where food isinad equate.	It is condition of nutrition where food is either inade-uate, or excess or lacks some essential nutrient
It leads to deficiency diseases.	It leads to deficiency diseases and obesity.
Under nutrition is a form of malnutrition	Malnutrition has many forms like under mutrition, over-nutrition or imbalance of nutrients in diet

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